With Bay Area transit systems facing a multibillion-dollar loss of fare revenue - leading to possible “doomsday” service cuts - discussions in Sacramento have increasingly underscored that the fate of the region’s mass transit system lies in the hands of Southern California lawmakers. The battle ramped up Monday with a hearing before the Senate and Assembly transportation committees and a growing realization that the Bay Area desperately needs help from its neighbor to the south. SACRAMENTO - Bay Area transit’s post-pandemic ridership crisis is taking center stage in one of California’s biggest budget fights this year: whether the state will bail out embattled public transit systems such as BART, Caltrain, AC Transit and San Francisco’s Muni despite a looming budget shortfall.
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